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self-sufficiency

NOUN
ability to manage for oneself
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The priority of China is really self-sufficiency and upgrading technology.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI are preparing public listings; DeepSeek is raising fresh capital from investors aligned with Beijing’s push for technology self-sufficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The law’s goal of promoting national self-sufficiency in shipbuilding has been met with fleet shrinkage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

But America has finally achieved something close to energy self-sufficiency.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Growing up on Euclid Avenue, I’d been taught that self-sufficiency was everything.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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